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British borough apologizes for removing bus ads promoting Franklin Graham festival
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An Important Moment for Religious Freedom in the UK : Blackpool Settles Franklin Graham Discrimination Case, Issues Public Apology
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The BGEA put adverts for the festival on local public buses. (Blackpool)
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Manchester County Court Judge Claire Evans ruled in favour of Franklin Graham and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) in the Lancashire Festival of Hope advertising campaign case.
In 2018, the English city of Blackpool hosted the evangelistic event, which was attended by 9,000 people. To promote the event, the BGEA put adverts for the festival on local public buses.
However, just one day after the campaign began, the posters were removed by Blackpool Council and the local transport company, “as a result of us listening and acting on customer and public feedback which we aim to do at all times,” said Jane Cole, Managing Director at Blackpool Transport.
Last Friday, a United Kingdom Judge ruled in favor of Franklin Graham, saying that the town of Blackpool, England had violated religious liberty protections when it removed bus ads promoting a 2018 Christian event hosted by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
In the decision, Judge Claire Evans ruled that the Blackpool council and the Blackpool Transport Services, owned by the town, “discriminated on the ground of religion,” violating Article 10 rights which protect freedom of expression.
In July 2018, Blackpool succumbed to rising pressure on social media calling for the town to prohibit bus ads promoting the “Lancashire Festival of Hope with Franklin Graham” due to Graham’s adherence to biblical views on marriage and sexuality.
04-06-2021
After a legal fight that lasted several years, evangelist Franklin Graham has won an important case for religious freedom in the UK.
Manchester County Court Judge Claire Evans has ruled that the 2018 Lancashire Festival of Hope with Franklin Graham was discriminated against when ads promoting the event were pulled from buses in Blackpool, England in an effort to ban him from preaching the gospel.
During September 2018, the Blackpool Borough Council and Blackpool Transport Services Limited removed bus advertisements displaying the words Time for Hope, citing that members of the community complained about Graham s association with the festival.
The transportation company said they received feedback from members of the community who were concerned over the evangelist s religious beliefs on marriage and sexuality.
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